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Greek Tragedy

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palinurus47  on June 10, 2008

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Greek Tragedy

Metaphor
Calling something by the name of something else it resembles
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Metaphor Calling something by the name of something else it resembles
Simile A comparison using "like," "as," or some other explicit signal of comparison
Metonymy Calling something by the name of something else next to it, or attached to it, or associated with it
Synecdoche Calling the part by the name of the whole or the whole by the name of the part
Irony Saying one thing and meaning the opposite
Apostrophe Addressing someone or something not present as if present
Prologue the first scene(s) of a play prior to the entrance of the chorus
Parodos entrance song, the song sung by the chorus when they enter
Episode a scene between two choral songs in Greek tragedy
Stasimon an ode or song of the chorus punctuating the episodes, sung after the actors have left the stage
Strophe A unit of an ode always matched by another unit like it in meter (During the strophe the chorus dances to the right.)
Antistrophe The unit of an ode that follows the strophe (During the antistrophe the chorus dances to the left.)
Meter The pattern of long and short (or accented and unaccented) syllables organizing the sound of each line of poetry
Stichomythia ("line-speech") — a rapid, highly stylized dialogue between two characters, with each speaking one line in turn.
Protagonist the principal actor in the tragedy
Dionysia the festival dedicated to Dionysus at the end of March at which tragedy was performed